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Entries for February 3rd, 2010

UB football recruiting class has a WNY flavor (The Buffalo News)

University at Buffalo football coach Jeff Quinn’s first recruiting class can also be looked at as Turner Gill’s last. With exactly a month separating his official start date and national signing day, Quinn had precious little time to compile his first class, which he announced Wednesday. That meant there were no such things as days off.

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Nat’l football signing day: Rich get richer (KABC-TV Los Angeles)

The first day of the period when high school football players sign up with colleges was about the rich getting richer.

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Invited walk-on to compete for kicking job at Alabama (TideSports.com)

By Tommy Deas Executive Sports Editor University of Alabama signee Cade Foster will have some competition in his quest to replace departed senior Leigh Tiffin as the Crimson Tide’s kicker.

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Crimson Tide Ink 18 on National Signing Day

University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban announced today that 18 student-athletes have signed national letters of intent to play football with the Crimson Tide

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Alabama’s signing class includes few surprises (WSFA 12 Montgomery)

University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban announced Wednesday that 18 student-athletes have signed national letters of intent to play football with the Crimson Tide, joining 11 players who enrolled at the Capstone in January and will compete in spring practice later this semester.

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Blue chippers flocking to Florida (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

The blue chip recruits are still flocking to Florida. Despite the uncertainty about coach Urban Meyer’s future with the Gators, Florida landed the top-rated class in the country Wednesday. National signing day, the first and by far the busiest day of the period in which high school football players can sign letters of intent with colleges, was mostly about the rich getting richer.

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Keenan Allen drops Tide, signs with Cal (TideSports.com)

By Roger van der Horst Special to The Tuscaloosa News Keenan Allen going to Cal

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Alabama football: Eventful days for Crimson Tide lead up to National Signing Day (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)

For all the technological advances made in the realm of communication, the final acts of the recruiting process are blatantly old-fashioned.

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Wednesday Morning Sports Digest (CBS 42 Birmingham)

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has doubled the salary of defensive coordinator Kirby Smart after he helped the Crimson Tide win a national championship. Smart will make $750,000 a year through Feb. 28, 2013, under a deal approved Tuesday. Smart directed the nation’s No. 2 defense last season. SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Auburn is apparently going to miss out on South Carolina’s “Mr. Football …

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Off the wire (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

FOOTBALL Tide coordinator rewarded Alabama has doubled the salary of defensive coordinator Kirby Smart after he helped the Crimson Tide win a national championship.

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